Jack Cunningham & William Maley 
Australia and Canada in Afghanistan 
Perspectives on a Mission

Afghanistan is a long way from both Canada and Australia, but from 2001, fate conspired to bring the three countries together. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Australia and Canada joined the U.S. and other Western allies in attacking al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan.



Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 4, 2001, but this was only the beginning of a much longer engagement in Afghanistan for both Canada and Australia, with a legacy much more ambiguous than the initial campaign had promised.




Australia and Canada in Afghanistan: Perspectives on a Mission offers twelve essays from distinguished experts and decision-makers involved in the war. Wide-ranging in scope, their work offers fresh analyses of the Afghan War and on Australia’s and Canada’s contributions to it.

Table of Content

TABLE OF CONTENTS



1. Introduction: Afghanistan and its Challenges

William Maley and Jack Cunningham



2. Australian Approaches to Afghanistan

William Maley



3. Afghanistan — Some Lessons Learned: A Personal Political Perspective

Bill Graham



4. Afghanistan — Some Lessons Learned: A Personal Academic Perspective

Adam Chapnick



5. Afghanistan Post-2014: Pakistani Perspectives

Samina Yasmeen



6. The Economic Cost to Australia of the War in Afghanistan

Peter Hall



7. The Cost of the War In Afghanistan: A Billion Dollars a Year and Counting

J. Craig Stone



8. Australian Civil-Military Lessons from Afghanistan

Michael G. Smith



9. Development: Lessons Learned from a Decade in Afghanistan

Nipa Banerjee



10. Shadows of the Past: Commemorating the Fallen in Australia and Canada

Kim Richard Nossal



11. With the Benefit of Hindsight: Chronicling Afghanistan Errors

Ramesh Thakur



12. The Legacy of Canada’s Afghanistan Mission

Roland Paris



Contributors



Index

About the author

William Maley is Professor of Diplomacy at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University. He is an expert in Afghan politics, refugee issues, and modern diplomacy. He is a member of the Order of Australia and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He lives in Canberra, Australia.